Dispatcher’s Husband Dies in Copter Crash

The husband of a New Mexico State Police comm center supervisor was killed in a helicopter crash near Santa Fe during the evacuation of a lost hiker. Sgt. Andy Tingwell, 36, was piloting the aircraft at about 9 p.m. after he and Off. Wesley Cox had landed at 12,000 ft. near Mt. Baldy, and carried the exhausted hiker to the chopper. Officials said it was clear weather during the take-off, but clouds cropped up shortly after, and the helicopter struck a tree on the mountainside. Off. Cox survived and was able to hike out the next morning, and rescuers later found Tingwell and the hiker dead. Tingwell’s wife Leann is a comm center supervisor for the state police, a reportedly was on-duty when the incident occurred. They have two children, 10 and 2 years-old. Read more here.